I like to use Dr. Google. True, it's no match for years of training, clinical judgment and specific testing but there is a lot of useful information out there if you stick to credible sites. Best of all, it's a free education. No insurance transaction needed.

My fave was a guy who came back to the pharmacy -twice! after asking the checker at the Kum and Go gas station (really, I couldn't make this name up) for pain medicine advice. He only wanted what she recommended. I finally found what he was really looking for-a referral to the local yoga studio-and he was happy.

Perhaps it's a hereditarialistic thing - you know; surely you can become a mechanicologist with a few years training; I mean whats the difference between a mans body and his engine when amongst friends??

I am a hairdresser. I am always being given a list of symptoms and asked what I think it is. Most times I tell them to go to the doc.And the next time they come in it happens all over again. When I ask them if they have been to the doctor the answer is no. So don't be blaming us hairdressers for giving bad advice! Because sometimes after the 10th time of this routine I am mighty tempted to tell them it sounds like they have some god awful disease and are going to die if they don't see the doctor immediately!

A member of the borough assembly where we live added up all the adults working in the school district and all the students to calculate his own version of our teacher to student ratio - 1:9. Well if the janitor, secretary or electrician wants to come teach my class then great, they can just get rid of the excess teachers. G-d help me, people are stupid.

Lol hilarios tho ive had situations where people have asked me for random medical advice. Im a carer and though my uniform is simular to that of an rn in the uk people do ask me randon questions when im on my way to/from work. I usually explain im not a nurse as i am only about to start my training but it still doesnt stop them telling me about theyre bowels in the middle of the supermarket. At that point i usually tell them to see their gp.

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